Mining Act amendment dominates Burraga council report
The Burraga Progress Association pressed for amending mining laws to compel mineral suppliers to work purchases or open them to development, with the council pledging to support the measure and seek a district MP's backing. Discussions also covered Parkes Peak Hill road funds, Ten Mile Creek crossing funding, Mingelo crossing work, and safety of abandoned shafts and footpaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibson
Matthews
Swain
Bakes
Davey
Ring
Oxley
Jackson
Wooden Bryant
Barmabadeen
Broken Hill
Burraga Progress Association
Gracie
Mingelo
Ten Mile Creeks
Peak Hill
Alderman Bakes
Ald Ring
Burraga Association
Ald. Jackson
Ald
Parkespeak
Parkes
Ten Mile Creek
Bogan River
Duarteeie
Ald. Bakes
Council debate on mine shaft protections and land common
Aldermen push for municipal power to guard abandoned mine shafts. The council notes accounts for clerk and contract work. Attention drawn to stock on vacant Crown Lands. decision to contact the District Surveyor to add these lands to the Common.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ald
Jackson
Municipal Association
Bakes
Accourta
Petty Cnah
Harvey
Various Local Items Mix Crime Crime and Weather
A patchwork of brief notices covers a range of local happenings. Topics include a Farmers and Settlers Association meeting, a visit by Ernest Schmidt from Orange Post Office, a man slaughter conviction in Toowoomba, and gaslighting incidents. Other items note rainfall across half the state, a suicide in Clare, Queensland, and fires near Charleville with stock losses. Sporting results from Sydney cricket and New South Wales events are noted along with kerosene prices and a football premiership. A Wagga death by suicide and lands revenue figures are also reported along with a 13 year old in a Sydney Children’s Court and obituaries for Sister Mary Dorothea and a local trader John Futter near Cootamundra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. D. Oxley
Farmers’ and Settlers’ Association
Ernest Schmidt
Orange Post Office
Toowoomba
Herbert Russell Stephens
Gladesville
Pyrmont
Arbitration Court
New Zealand
Wainscott
Clare
South Australia
Charleville
Queensland
Sydney
Burwood
Glebe
Mackay
Johnston
Diamond
Sundries
Fitzroy
Collingwood
George Horder
Wagga
Richard Morgan
Lands Commission
John Futter
Cootamundra
Mary Dorothea
Orange
New South Wales
Rockhampton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ten Mile Crelk
Council
Inspecton
BELO
Brayne
Lavin
Tooal
LECAL
Taylor's
Taylor
A.W. Taylor
VJE
Nicholson
Martin
Meadowbank
Braybrook
Clyde
Sunshine
Massey
Tennan
Beard
Sisson
Mitchell
Hornsby, Robinson
May Bros
Ramsey
Melbourne
E. W. Venables & Co., Engineers, Ironfounders & Blacksmiths, Parkes
Beecham
Heehan
Baios
Wee W. Roach & Co
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